Improvement in cotton-scrapers



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" J'AMES SCOTT SMITH, or HELENA, ARKANSAS. Leners; Patent NQ'. 86,704.,dma Fama/ry 9,1869.

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To all who/m 'at may concern Be it known that I, JAMES SCOTT SMTH, ofHelena, in the county ofPhillips, iu the State of Arkansas, haveinvented a new and .useful Improvement for Scraping Cotton; and I dohereby declarethat the following is afull and complete descriptionthereof, reference being .had to the accompanyingdrawings, andtheletters of A reference lmarked thereon.

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through the orifice un, thatis attached to the frames F F by nieans of asocket-joint, G, in F F, that are fastened Securely to the two beamsand' frames R R, 'and heldin the position to suitwhateve elevation' therowsl inay he, on which the young cotton is growing,

Aby and. with the aid of braces, E E E E', theybeingsecured to A B and CGat the lower end, and, at the in position by the means of thumb-screw DD D D. So that Scrapers `A B can be adjusted to the dierentundulati'onsfof the. ground, I pass `the prow 'l 'I through theorifieesu u in vthe frontend, and at real by the hinges V V, that are'attached to time groundplate 0, this desired objectfis attaiued.-

arrangement' the'rows can bescraped' close to or far trom the you'n ggrowing cotton. So as to give strength to the rear part of machine, andalso prevent Vthe vScrapers A B from being crowded together and out ofline from their forward points,vI place in rear of land through theframe'F F, the bar J. Soagain, as to more eectually control the ScrapersABin'a regular itself-in the ground, Vcontrolling `the position of A B.

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1. The Scrapers A B, ground-plates G C, frame F ranged. y 4

y,2. Irows T T, orifices uffu, hinges V V,iu combination with Scrapers AB and plates G.

`3. In .cornbination with Scrapers A A1 2 and groundplates C C, theplat-es H H, nuts I I I, l.,bar J, and

for the purposes Specified.

, `J AMES SCOTT SMITH. Witnesses:

WM. A. SMiTH, STEER. G. DODGE.

upper, they'passing vtmongh slots, S S S, and held "lhe twodividing-plates H H are fas-tened and held securely in place by the aidof nuts, I I I I.' By this line, I attach the eutting-board K K, which-buries Chat I claim as my invention, and desire to Secure F, frame RIt', thumb-screws D l) D D, braces E E E E, slots S S S S, asconstructed, combined, and arcutting-boards KK, all as described andshown, end.-

